abstract:New York Cares was founded by a group of friends in 1987 who wanted to take action against social issues in New York City. Today, the organization engages 56,000 volunteers in service each year, helping 400,000 New Yorkers in need.
Grannycan'tunderstandher wanting anythingbutlotsof dinnersand clothes--butI can see that you're almost theonly person inNew Yorkwhocantalk to her aboutwhatshereallycares for.
Now in its 24th year, one of my all-time favorite print ads for the NewYorkCares Annual Coat Drive continues to show the Statue of Liberty sitting down in bad weather wearing a coat.
One beneficiary of the service surge, the volunteer organization NewYorkCares, reports a 30 percent increase in prospective volunteers attending orientation sessions in January compared with the same period in 2008, and a monumental 75 percent increase from February 2008 to February 2009.
There will be people in Jersey who insist on calling it New Jersey's Super Bowl, but most people will call it the NewYork Super Bowl and every once in a while a politician in Jersey will throw a fit and it will be mostly for laughs, because nobody cares that much about this distinction ask the NewYork Jets and the NewYork Giants.